Rotating chance game apparatus



Jan. 17, 1956 c. BRENNER 2,731,267

ROTATING CHANCE GAME APPARATUS Filed NOV. 12, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l l if iifiilllllllllllllllfl INVENTOR:

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ROTATING CHANCE GAME APPARATUS CharlesBrenner, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application November 12, 1352, Serial No.319u916 2 Claims. (Cl. 273143) 'Myinvention relates to a new-and amusing game H apparatu sand-one of its objects is to provide a simple and ;eflicient mechanical device for playing numerous well knpwn games such as dice, roulette, craps, poker, baseball,- put and take, horse racing and similar and other gamesand; combinations or variations thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to provide .a-gameapparatus that is easily operated and reduces to a minimum the chances of cheating through the use of :tricks to cause desired indications to stop at the sight openings or-movethe indicators after they have stopped -.;without making another play.

;A further object of the invention is to provide a small,

; compact device ofthis character which may be stored in a small space and readily carried about in a persons pocket and-when in use'the results can be easily determined and plays can be-made without preliminary card shufit'ling; setting of game pieces orgathering up of scattered; game elements.

Aistill further object of this invention is to construct ,a; game apparatus including a pair of disk wheels having :markedsegments and journalled for separate revolution wheel through a sight opening or window in ;a casing or enclosure for the mechanism.

.Still another object of the invention is to provide a number of hoods each including marked segments and adapted to be placed on the disk wheels whenever it is desirable to change the type of game to be played.

With theabove and other objects inview, this invention consists of the details of construction and combination of .rlelements hereinafter set .forth and then designated by the .claims.

' In order .that. those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to makeuand use .the same, I will describe its construction in detail referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, in which: Fig.1 isa side elevation of the game apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a top view thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 7--7 of Fig. 4. Figs. 8, 9, 11 and 13 are views of the circumferences of either disk wheels or hoods showing several markings that can be used for playing various games.

Fig. is a circumferential view of a disk Wheel and hood thereon.

United States Patent 0 2,731,257 Patented Jam. 7 1 Z, 1956 Fig. 12 isazsectionthereof, takenin a plane, parallel to the web.

Fig. 14 is a central vertical sectional view through 1 Fig. 12.

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied 15 representsa base'supporting a partition wall 16 .or equivalent means. On the partition wall 16 is anaxle 17 of suitable construction projecting from opposite faces of said partition wall and for purpose of illustration thisaxle is shown as comprising a threaded rod 18 extending through a hole in the partition wall with journalscrews 19 screwed onto the endrof said threaded rod 18. On each journal screw is revolvably mounted a hub or-bearing member 20 fashioned to provide a pinion 21 at the .inner end, a circular flange 22. intermediate the endsand an external groove 23 adjacent the outer end. ,Said. outer end is recessed or countersunk as at 24 toreceive the head of a journal screw. When the journal screws are tightened against opposite faces of the partition wall 16 the hub or hearing members will be confined. between the partition wall and the heads of their respec tive journal screws.

The hub members Ztiand their circular flanges 22 constitute parts of the disk wheels 25 which also include .outer, preferably demountable, elements consisting of apertured circular webs 26 andinturnedfianges or-rims 27. The webs of the outer. elements snugly fitvover. the

outer. portions of thehub or hearing. members 20 and lie-against the .circular flanges 22, being held in place by resilient split rings 28. ,.Said outer elements ofthe wheels .are properly positioned onthe hub members and preyentedfrom shifting bypins or projections 2Q onthe v circular flanges. which register with holes 30, .Fig.. 12,

. longitudinal axis by a pin 36- and -the-,other end ofusaid spring is anchored to. the :partitionwall 16 at point 37 located on the side-of. the axle 17 opposite the position of the operatinglever and in -line.with-- the/axle and spring attaching. .pin 36 -when. the operating lever is in a neutral position asshown inFig. 4.

.and inward so .thatavhenthe outer end of. said lever is The particular' formation and mounting of the spring 3,5 .urgesthe= inner; end ofthe operating leverdownward depressed the segmental gear 32 will engage the; pinion 21 to impart a rotary motion-to theassoeiated'disk wheel.

At approximately. the timethe segmental gear 32 passes .the pinion the spring attaching pin 36 reaches or crosses theextension of the imaginary line bisectingthe elements 17 and 37 andthen. said-springacts to-slide the-operating lever outward as shown in dotted lines in, Fig. 5; .This

will place the-segmental .gear, 32 out of.-line1=with.:the

pinion 21 so that said gear 32 .will-not mesh :with orreven contact said-pinion asitheuspringreturns the oper-ating 3 jacent teeth of the pinion as well as to ride over them without excess friction.

Any number of hoods 41, Figs. 12 and 14, may be provided and each of these consists of a web 42 having an aperture 43 and an inturned peripheral flange 44 which fits over and snugly engages the ,inturned flange of a disk wheel.

The ,outer faces of the inturned flanges of the disk Wheels and hoods are divided into segments by the delineation thereon of designation marks such as numerals, die faces shown in Fig. 8, colors shown in Fig. 9, playing cards shown in Fig. 11, letters shown in Fig. 13, names and/or pictures of horses or other racing objects, words, stars and any other devices or combinations of unrelated marks.

A casing or cover 45 encloses the major portion of the mechanism and is preferably detachably mounted in place. For purposes of illustration I have shown a threaded stud 46 projecting from the partition wall 16 and extending through a hole in the casing with a thumb screw 47 screwed on the stud to temporarily hold said casing on the frame consisting of the base and said partition wall 16. In the top of the casing or cover 45 are formed sight openings or windows 48 and in the lower portion of both sides are open ended slots 49.

It is understood that there are two disk wheels and independent operating mechanisms and the operating levers project in opposite directions from opposite sides of the casing through the slots 49. The device is preferably of a size that a persons thumb and forefinger can span the casing and'simultaneously engage both operating levers. When the outer ends of the operating levers are depressed the segmental gears 32 will be moved into mesh with their respective pinions 21 and on past them at which time the springs will slide the operating levers outward so that when released they will be returned to their neutral or at rest positions without interfering with the pinions. The actuation of the operating levers will spin or revolve the disk wheels in opposite directions causing the marked segments to travel across the sight openings or windows 48 until stopped by the spring pawls 38 cooperating with the pinions 21. These pinions have the same number of teeth as there are marked segments on the disk wheels and V the teeth of the pinions are so related to the marked segments that when the disk wheels come to rest the cooperation of the pawls and pinions will cause marked segments only one of such segments is visible at each window.

The operating levers preferably taper towards their outer ends so that there is a tendency for the operators thumb and finger to slip from them at the end of the depressing movement. As soon as the segmental gears pass the pinions, during the return of the operating levers to their neutral positions by the springs 35, said operating levers will be slid inward or retracted by the same springs 35.

If two disk wheels have marked segments representing devices of any certain game, for example die faces and it is desired to play some other game, the casing is removed and other demountable elements, having different marked segments, are substituted for those previously in place. A more simple, and therefore preferred, way of changing the playing faces of the disk wheels is to utilize a number of interchangeable hoods which can be readily slipped off and on the disk wheels. In placing the hoods on the disk wheels care must be used to see that'the marked segments of the hoods coincide with those on the disk wheels to insure the full visibility of the marked segments on hoods through the sight openings or windows.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is: V

1. In a game apparatus, a frame including a vertical partition wall, a casing having a pair of windows side by side in the top thereof and slots in opposite sides extending upwardly from the bottom edges, means to detachably mount the casing on the frame, an axle supported by the partition wall and having a journal projecting from each face of said partition wall, a disk wheel revolvably mounted on each axle journal and having marked segments on the periphery thereof visible through a window in the casing, a pinion connected to each disk wheel, a toothed 7 operating lever mounted on each face of the partition wall 'to stop directly at the sight openings or windows so that for oscillating and longitudinal sliding movements and cooperating with a pinion on the same side of the partition wall, the outer ends of the operating levers projecting in opposite directions through the slots in the casing, long bowed springs each having an end anchored on the partition wall and cooperating with an operating lever to urge the latter towards a neutral position and to force said operating lever outward as its toothed portion passes its respective pinion and also to retract said operating lever as it approaches its neutral position,.and a spring pawl cooperating with each pinion to stop a marked segment at a window.

2. In a game apparatus, a frame including a vertical partition wall, a casing having a pair of windows side by side in the top thereof and detachably mounted on the frame, an axle supported by the partition wall and having a journal projecting from each face of said partition wall, a disc wheel revolvably mounted on each axle journal and having marked segments on the periphery thereof visible through a window in the casing, a pinionconnected to each disc wheel contiguous the partition wall, toothed operating levers on opposite sides of said partition wall for cooperation with the pinions, means mounting said levers for oscillation and movement into and out of mesh with their respective pinions, said levers having ends projecting through slots in opposite sides of the casing for simultaneous depression by the thumb and fingers positioned on said opposite sides of the casing to rotate said levers in one direction and cause the toothed portions to engage the pinions, and spring means to rotate said levers in the opposite direction and disengage them from said pinions;

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